ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail at Clear Space Theatre

ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail at Clear Space Theatre March 18 – April 3

                Clear Space Theatre Company presents Cole Porter’s classic 1930s musical ANYTHING GOES on weekends March 18 – April 3, 2016 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  Set aboard the ocean liner SS AMERICAN, ANYTHING GOES tells the story of Reno Sweeney and her old friend Billy Crocker as they face the shipboard complications of boy-meets-girl, set to such classic Cole Porter tunes as “Friendship”, “It’s De-Lovely”, “I Get No Kick from Champagne”, and the title song “Anything Goes.”

Sydney Gray stars in the role of Reno Sweeney, an evangelist turned nightclub singer.  Since joining the Clear Space organization in 2006, Sydney has served in various capacities and productions, including Director of AVENUE Q and RENT, and Assistant Director of THE ODD COUPLE.  Sydney has also been seen on stage at Clear Space in COMPANY, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, and HELLO, DOLLY! Off stage, Sydney has also worked as an instructor with Clear Space’s Broadway Bound program, The Musical Theatre Summer Intensive camps, and co-founded the Summer Acting Intensive.

Clear Space introduces Joseph Chubb in the role of Billy Crocker, a young Wall Street broker and longtime friend of Reno Sweeney.  Joseph is a resident of Hershey, PA where he is the Assistant Artistic Director of the Bare Bones Theatre Ensemble. In 2014, he graduated with a BS degree in both Early Childhood Education and Special Education from Lebanon Valley College. Chubb has performed in roles, including Dr. Franknfurter (THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW), William Barfe (…SPELLING BEE), Hanschen (SPRING AWAKENING), Rooster (ANNIE), and Lun Tha (THE KING AND I).

“We are delighted to welcome Joseph Chubb to the stage at Clear Space Theatre.  He joins Sydney Gray, who is no stranger to the audience and students at Clear Space Theatre,” says Wesley Paulson, Executive Director.  Paulson adds “Sydney brings her enthusiastic acting, singing and tap dance skills to the role of Reno Sweeney, with two feature numbers, “Anything Goes” and “Blow, Gabriel, Blow.”

ANYTHING GOES opens on Friday, March 18 and runs for three weekends through Sunday, April 3, with shows on Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m.  A weekday matinee is offered on Thursday, March 31 at 11:00 a.m. Tickets for ANYTHING GOES can be purchased online at www.clearspacetheatre.org, by calling 302.227.2270, or in person at the box office located inside the Clear Space Theatre at 20 Baltimore Avenue in Rehoboth Beach.